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mainmanmazz:
Another way to work out scales is this:

Major : C Major ( no sharps or flats)
C D E F G A B C
The semi tones are on the 3-4 and 7-8.
Minor : A minor ( no sharps or flats )
A B C D E F G sharp A
The semi tones in a minor are on 2-3 5-6 and 7-8

All you do is write down the notes your playing in the scale and make it so they match that form.

Merkava:

--- Quote from: TrueNeutral ---So I break the mold by being the general kid who buys a guitar and learns Modest Mouse songs?

Man, I dunno what to tell you. I'm not serious about my guitar playing at all. I just prefer noodling around. Heck, I only read tablature.
--- End quote ---


Same. Going around the fretboard is pretty easy for me, but I mostly finger style using scales.

BTW, I've learned some of Dramamine and Blame it On the Tetons. :P

Johnny C:
I suggest learning pentatonic, then blues, then minor. The rest of the scales are good to know but those are the really important ones; as well, both of those scales build off of the pentatonic.

Also, if you don't have the notes on the neck memorized, this might sound tedious, but just draw the fretboard, leave space in each fret, and write out all the notes up to the twelfth fret. It's what I've made both my guitar students do and they memorized the notes no sweat.

Valrus:
Awesome suggestions, thanks.

Johnny C, I've done the writing-out-the-notes-on-paper thing and it didn't help that much, unfortunately. For some reason the notes just never started to stick that way. I'll probably pick that up again, though; I'm sure it can't hurt.

TheMike, as I mentioned in my original post, I do know quite a bit of theory, so there's that. But your suggestion of learning by intervals (at least, that's what you seem to be suggesting) seems like a good one and I will try it out.

mainmanmazz, the minor scale you mentioned is actually a harmonic minor scale ;)

So how do I keep from just doing rote up-and-down scale exercises? Is it possible to put this stuff into use (i.e. playing against a simple chord progression backing track) without putting in 50 hours of scale memorization first? I think I need to work on my "feel," if you will, so I'm also soliciting suggestions regarding playing with simple accompaniment.

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